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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Dishon. Every Dishon in the Bible

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    Dishon

    דִּישֹׁן

    Dishon was a descendant of Seir the Horite and the son of Anah, mentioned in the genealogies of Esau's family.

    verses
    5
    first named
    Genesis 36:21
    last named
    1 Chronicles 1:38
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Edom

    Description

    Who was Dishon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Dishon is mentioned in the genealogies of Esau's family in Genesis 36 and 1Chronicles 1. He is listed as one of the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land of Edom before Esau's descendants settled there (Gen.36.20-21; 1Ch.1.38).

    Dishon is also identified as the son of Anah (Gen.36.25; 1Ch.1.41). Anah is noteworthy for having discovered hot springs in the wilderness while pasturing donkeys for his father, Zibeon (Gen.36.24).

    Dishon's sons are listed as Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran (Gen.36.26; 1Ch.1.41). These genealogies demonstrate the intermingling of Esau's descendants with the Horites, as Esau's grandson, Esau's son Eliphaz's son, was named Dishon (Gen.36.25-26).

    The Horites were the original inhabitants of Mount Seir, the region south of the Dead Sea, before Esau's descendants displaced them (Deu.2.12). The inclusion of Dishon and other Horite names in Esau's genealogy suggests that there was intermarriage between the two groups.

    Apart from these genealogical references, no further information is provided about Dishon or his specific role in the biblical narrative. His mention serves to trace the origins and relationships of the people living in the region of Edom during the time of the patriarchs.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Dishon10 of 17 entities the graph connects to Dishon, in 2 groups: kinship 5, events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.TimnaSibling of · 6 versesDishanSibling of · 1 event · 5 versesEzerSibling of · 1 event · 5 versesLotanSibling of · 5 versesShobalSibling of · 5 versesKinshipDivision1 event · 100 versesEdom1 event · 100 versesSeir1 event · 24 versesChief1 event · 18 versesHori1 event · 9 versesEventsDishon

    The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Dishon happensAll 2 places the claims about Dishon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Edom, Seir. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Dishon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.EdomSeir
    the PatriarchsAll 2 places the claims about Dishon reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 2 books.

    1. Genesis3 verses

      36:2136:2636:30

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      1:381:41

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Cheran and Eshban, and 2 moreDishonGrandson of Seir the Horite through Anahvia Dishon Ezer Dishan Chiefs and LotanHoriA Horite people group.via Zibeon and SeirAnahHorite, father of Oholibamah, Esau's wifevia Dishon Ezer Dishan ChiefsChiefChief is a concept gathering 7 labelled instances in the text.via Dishon Ezer Dishan ChiefsDivisionDivision is a concept gathering 85 labelled instances in the text.via Dishon Ezer Dishan ChiefsEdomDescendants of Esau; enemy nation southeast of Israelvia Dishon Ezer Dishan ChiefsSeirRegion inhabited by Edomites, descendants of Esauvia TimnaAmalekGrandson of Esau, ancestor of the Amalekitesvia TimnaEliphazThe firstborn son of Esau.

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